There is a serious staff shortage in Scotland which has prompted the country to launch an appeal to provide the service.
Mega salaries, more than a month of holidays and immersed in the Scottish wilderness, between beaches and rocky cliffs. It is the proposal that the Hebridean Health Service addresses to family doctorsproposing a total change of life where apparently there are more pros than cons for those interested.
Candidates would work 40 hours a week in the islands of the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Scotland. All with generous salaries and in contact with nature.
Maxi salaries and fairytale landscapes: the job offer for doctors in Scotland
Scotland’s healthcare service is looking for doctors who can work 40 hours a week on the remote islands of Uist and Benbecula. The demanding work regime, however, will be rewarded by 41 days holiday per year and from a splendid natural context, between beaches, nature and a salary from 175 thousand euros per year (around 150 thousand pounds).
To accept, interested parties should move specifically on the islands of Uist and Benbecula, belonging to the Hebrides archipelago (Western Isles), off the western coast of Scotland, are looking for family doctors willing to change their lives. It is the announcement that the British newspaper The Guardian reports on behalf of NHS, the publicly funded health care service in Scotlandlooking for doctors ready for a radical change of life.
Scotland has difficulty finding family doctors
The reason why Scotland makes such an appeal depends on the enormous difficulties that the country has in finding health professionals that can above all cover the needs of patients in rural centers and in areas far from large cities. According to the doctors’ union British Medical Associationthe fact that Scotland is willing to deliver such high salaries in order to find resources it is the demonstration that the crisis in the Scottish healthcare sector is more serious than you think.
Consider that since 2013 general practitioners operating in Scotland are down by 200 units and the number of studies by 9%, while the number of patients grew by 7%. So, especially for young Italian doctors who want to expatriate, all you need to do is find out!
